SKIS Fall 2010

1. SKIS Fall 2010 Semester Plan Teacher: Steve Gilbo

2. Grade 1 New Parade Book 1A, 1B, 1 workbook August: - Book 1A Unit 4, Unit 5 - Workbook Unit 5 Topics covered: Clothing, Housing, verbs related to home activities

3. Grade 1 New Parade Book 1A, 1B, 1 workbook • September • Unit 5, Start Unit 6 (Book 1B) -New Topics Covered: Animals, Animal Related Verbs (i.e. Flying, Jumping, Swimming, etc.) -Work book Unit 6 October -Unit 7 Book 1B - New Topics Covered: Birthday, Dates & Times, Age, “Party” food” -Workbook Unit 7

4. Grade 1 New Parade Book 1A, 1B, 1 workbook • November: • Unit 8 Book 1B • New Topics Covered: Toys, Counting Review, Position words • Unit 8 Workbook December -Unit 9 Book 1B -New Topics Covered:“Having Fun”, outdoor activity vocabulary, Yes/no interrogative sentences -Unit 9 Workbook

5. Grade 3/4New Parade Book 4A, 4B, Workbook August: -Finish Unit 4, Start Unit 5 -Topics Covered: Health, Sickness, Injury, Hospital Vocabulary, Dinosaurs, Endangered Animals -Unit 4/5 Workbook September: -Finish Unit 5, 6 -New Topics Covered: Past/Present Tenses, -Who + yes/no questions, intonation -Unit 5/6 Workbook

6. Grade 3/4New Parade Book 4A, 4B, Workbook October: -Unit 7 -Topics Covered: Ordinal Numbers, Simple Future tense, Wh-questions future tense -Unit 7 Workbook November: -Unit 8 -Topics Covered: Superlative Adjectives, review past tense, “like to” affirmative/negative -Unit 8 Workbook

7. Grade 3/4New Parade Book 4A, 4B, Workbook November: -Unit 8 -Topics Covered: Superlative Adjectives, review past tense, “like to” affirmative/negative -Unit 8 Workbook December: Unit 9 -Topics Covered: Review of Past tense, review of vocabulary and forms from previous units. -Unit 9 Workbook

8. Grade 5/6New Parade Book 5A, 5B, Workbook August: -Unit 4 -Topics Covered: Shopping, Money, directions, size, How-questions, Wh-questions -Unit 4 Workbook September: -Unit 5, 6 -Topics Covered: Travel, WH-questions, Planning, Schedules, Communication -Unit 5, 6 Workbook October: Unit 7 -Topics Covered: Counting words, detailed descriptive adjectives, inventions, vocabulary -Unit 7 Workbook

9. Grade 5/6New Parade Book 5A, 5B, Workbook November: -Unit 8 -Topics Covered: Future tense, measuring words, conditionals -Unit 8 Workbook December: -Unit 9 -Topics covered: Television, schedules, Interrogative statements, interviews Unit 9 workbook

10. Middle School Conversation ATrue Colors 高级, Workbook September -Unit 5 -Topics Covered: Verbs “Make, have, let, get”, passive causative, carrier related vocabulary - Unit 5 homework from workbook, in additional to other writing assignments October -Unit 6-7 -Topics Covered: Reduced adjective clauses, Formal complaints, reminders, - Unit 6-7 homework from workbook, in additional to other writing assignments November -Unit 8 -Topics Covered: Past Unreal Conditionals, Offering/Confirming information, requesting help, memory vocabulary -- Unit 8 homework from workbook, in additional to other writing assignments

11. Middle School Conversation ATrue Colors 高级, Workbook December -Unit 9 -Topics Covered: Quoted speech vs reported speech, verb changes resulting from such speech, “be” supposed to structure, vocabulary(jobs and employment) - Unit 9 homework from workbook, in additional to other writing assignments January -Unit 10 -Topics Covered: Gerunds and Infinitives after certain verbs, music vocabulary, pronunciation practice - Unit 10 homework from workbook, in additional to other writing assignments

12. High School Speaking CContemporary English Book 1 + Workbook • September • Units 4+5 • Topics Covered: Affirmative Present Progressive, Negative Present Progressive, Present Progressive Yes/No Questions, Affirmative Simple Present, Negative Simple Present, Simple present Yes/No questions. • Homework Workbook Unit 4 + 5 + other writing assignments October -Unit 6 -Topics Covered: Information questions, Demonstrative Pronouns, Simple Present in information Questions, -Homework Workbook Unit 6 + other writing assignments November -Unit 7 -Topics Covered: “Can” Affirmative and Negative statements, “Can” Yes/No Questions, Should and Shouldn’t,

13. High School Speaking CContemporary English Book 1 + Workbook • December • Unit 8 • Topics Covered: Affirmative and Negative Past of “Be”, Past of “be” using Yes/No questions, Past of “be” in Information Questions, Homework - Homework Workbook Unit 8 + other writing assignments January -Unit 9 -Topics Covered: Affirmative simple past, Negative simple past, Simple pas in Yes/No Questions, -Homework Workbook Unit 9 + other writing assignments

14. High School Writing BTOEFL iBT ATIVATOR • September • Pages 76-91. • Topics Include: Internet, Desertification, writing skills focus, idea organization • Homework includes selected writing topics based on topics presented in the book. October -Pages 92-106 -Topics Include Gerunds, Infinitives, Transition words, Agreement/Disagreement, Summary Practice, Vocabulary translation -Homework includes selected writing topics based on topics presented in the book.

15. High School Writing BTOEFL iBT ATIVATOR • November • Pages 107-121 • Topics Include: Outlines, Vocabulary translator, Paragraph error correction, more transition word practice • Homework includes selected writing topics based on topics presented in the book. December -Pages 122-136 -Topics Include: Editing, Outline/Essay, Improved Organization skills -Homework includes selected writing topics based on topics presented in the book.